FKIE_CVE-2008-0888
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-17 21:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:50
Severity
Summary
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | |
| unzip_project | unzip | * |
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